Brownsville, TX —
OSHA Injury Report: SA Recycling, Brownsville-Garza
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at SA Recycling, Brownsville-Garza in Brownsville, TX 78521 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was ground Cutter in ship dismantling (except at floating drydocks and shipyards) merchant wholesalers.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- SA Recycling, Brownsville-Garza
- Parent company
- SA Recycling, LLC
- Street
- 16200 Joe G Garza Sr Rd
- City
- Brownsville
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 78521
- On-site location
- Yard 8
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 61
Before the incident
The employee was standing on a piece of scrap and cutting it using a [REDACTED] style torch
What happened
Employee was on top of a piece of steel using a bazooka torch to cut the metal in half when the metal splt and his left foot got caught between the metal pieces.
Injury or illness
Injury of left lower extremity from getting it stuck between metals while cutting with Bazooka Torch. Diagnosis: left lower extremity contusion left lower extremity 1st degree burns & left lower extremity abrasion
Object or substance involved
metal material
Summary line
Injury of left lower extremity from getting it stuck between metals while cutting with [REDACTED]. Diagnosis: left lower extremity contusion left lower extremity 1st degree burns & left lower extremity abrasion
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Ground Cutter
- SOC code
- 51-9032 — Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- NAICS code
- 423930 — Ship dismantling (except at floating drydocks and shipyards) merchant wholesalers
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 146
- Total hours worked
- 329420
- EIN
- 743222369
- Establishment ID
- 1080723
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 14:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 15JAN26:22:15:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.